“Shut them all down”: Popular Streamer StoneMountain Is All of Us as Another Call of Duty Cheat Services Get Shut Down
Activision takes on services that make cheating easy for Call of Duty players.
Call of Duty players have just received a new reason to celebrate. Activision has chosen to take action against players who make use of cheating services to get ahead of their competition in a move that could make other businesses that offer unfair advantages to gamers rethink their offerings.
A post by popular cheating service Raging Nation has demonstrated how the company is using its resources to take cheaters head-on with a no-nonsense approach to cheating in its games. It’s a move that has been welcomed by gamers who have had to deal with playing against cheaters for a long time, ruining their experience with the game and potentially affecting player counts for Activision in the process.
Activision Answers Its Call of Duty
While Raging Nation and StealthWare are the two services that were called out by Activision, they are in no way the only businesses that utilize aged accounts and a range of tools to give their customers unfair advantages over players who prefer to take games on the hard (and morally right) way. While modern consoles and systems do include ways to prevent cheating in games, hacked accounts continue to find ways to bend the rules in their favor.
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While players found cheating can be banned if they are reported, such individuals simply create a new account with such services and come back to the game with no intention of mending their ways. Activision’s move is a step in the right direction, taking on the problem at its source instead of merely trying to address its symptoms.
Raging Nation Apologizes for All the Wrong Reasons
A notice from Raging Nation on its website apologizing for the business being forced to shut down has been shared by some delighted Call of Duty players, whose glee at the new development is visibly evident.
Activision may have its work cut out for it if their goal is to eliminate cheating from Call of Duty if responses to the post below are any indications.
Call of Duty streamer StoneMountain’s response to the post shows that the battle is only beginning, as cheaters seem to be spoilt for choice when it comes to such services.
As always, many players choose humor and sarcasm to make their disdain for cheaters and services like Raging Nation known.
However, it seems that Activision – and Call of Duty players – should not celebrate prematurely, a notion that’s expressed in this player’s response.
Activision doesn’t need to look any further than its more honest players in order to find the next target toward which to point its guns.
Activision’s new move is most welcome to its community of players – a group that’s all set to grow larger as Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 inches ever closer to its release date.
It’s also an important reminder that modding a single-player game for a better experience is fun and harmless, but taking that freedom to multiplayer ones is choosing to ruin the fun for others.
